Another theory is that it is connected to Proto-Norseᚨᛚᚢ(alu, “something magical”), and related to Latvianaluot(“be distraught”), Ancient Greekἀλύω(alúō, “to be distraught”) and Hittite[script needed](alwanzaḫḫ-, “to bewitch, hex”).[2] EIEC explains the semantic connection as: The notion would be that beer induced a "high" wherein the drinker was infused with a sort of magical power.